IT Technician Contract Job Trends

IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK is £170, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 488 450 476
Rank change year-on-year -38 +26 +28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 182 102 96
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.34% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 89 55
10th Percentile £120 £123 £120
25th Percentile £123 £125 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £133 £150
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% -11.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £220 £153 £200
90th Percentile £385 £193 £236
UK excluding London median daily rate £135 £133 £150
% change year-on-year +1.89% -11.67% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 5 11
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.30 £10.95
25th Percentile £13.63 £13.55 £11.85
Median hourly rate £17.72 £15.33 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% +6.38% -17.66%
75th Percentile £25.75 £18.65 £15.38
90th Percentile £25.77 £22.55 £17.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £15.33 £13.81
% change year-on-year +14.16% +11.01% -21.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,375 30,298 36,046
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.39% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,671 19,217 23,307
10th Percentile £328 £283 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,467 1,516 2,023
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.72 £17.21 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.11 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.26% -44.20% +20.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IT Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Technician
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -18 165 £135 +1.89% 174
England -46 149 £138 +3.77% 165
North of England -34 58 £125 -13.79% 39
Yorkshire -22 29 £220 +51.72% 15
North West -35 27 £125 -5.66% 17
South West -33 23 £214 +67.65% 29
South East -60 23 £200 +56.86% 38
Midlands -48 19 £175 +37.25% 29
East of England -3 16 - - 24
West Midlands -41 13 £175 +40.00% 13
Wales -5 12 £200 +56.86% 8
Work from Home -34 11 £450 +100.00% 12
Scotland -7 9 £150 +6.76% 12
London -83 8 £241 +78.15% 26
East Midlands -17 6 - - 16
Northern Ireland +10 5 - - 2
North East -40 3 £135 - 7

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, IT Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 49 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 35 (19.23%) Windows
3 30 (16.48%) Security Cleared
4 29 (15.93%) Customer Service
4 29 (15.93%) SC Cleared
5 23 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (12.64%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (11.54%) Windows 10
7 17 (9.34%) Active Directory
8 16 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (8.24%) Service Delivery
10 11 (6.04%) Asset Management
11 9 (4.95%) ITIL
11 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
12 7 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (3.85%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.85%) LAN
12 7 (3.85%) Ticket Management
13 6 (3.30%) Degree
13 6 (3.30%) Incident Management
13 6 (3.30%) Siemens
14 5 (2.75%) Data Protection
14 5 (2.75%) Migration
14 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
14 5 (2.75%) VPN
14 5 (2.75%) WAN
15 4 (2.20%) Azure
15 4 (2.20%) Customer Experience
15 4 (2.20%) Cybersecurity

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.20%) Azure
2 4 (2.20%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.65%) IaaS
4 2 (1.10%) AWS
4 2 (1.10%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.64%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (3.85%) LAN
3 5 (2.75%) VPN
3 5 (2.75%) WAN
4 3 (1.65%) Firewall
5 2 (1.10%) Network Security
5 2 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.10%) VoIP
6 1 (0.55%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.55%) PABX
6 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.55%) VLAN
6 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 56 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (6.04%) Retail
4 7 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.30%) Law
5 6 (3.30%) Legal
6 4 (2.20%) Back Office
6 4 (2.20%) Finance
7 2 (1.10%) Police
7 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.55%) Automotive
8 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.95%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.95%) EPoS
3 8 (4.40%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.20%) Social Media
5 2 (1.10%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.10%) iPad
5 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.55%) CCTV
6 1 (0.55%) CMDB
6 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.55%) IoT
6 1 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 35 (19.23%) Windows
2 21 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.10%) Android
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.55%) Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.93%) Customer Service
2 21 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (8.24%) Service Delivery
5 11 (6.04%) Asset Management
6 9 (4.95%) ITIL
7 7 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (3.85%) Ticket Management
8 6 (3.30%) Incident Management
9 5 (2.75%) Data Protection
9 5 (2.75%) Migration
10 4 (2.20%) Customer Experience
10 4 (2.20%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (2.20%) ITSM
10 4 (2.20%) Monetization
11 3 (1.65%) Data Entry
11 3 (1.65%) Time Management
12 2 (1.10%) Change Management
12 2 (1.10%) Logistics
12 2 (1.10%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.20%) SQL
2 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (16.48%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.85%) DBS Check
4 6 (3.30%) Degree
5 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.10%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.55%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.65%) GDPR
1 3 (1.65%) SLA
2 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 17 (9.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.65%) Firmware
2 3 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.65%) SCCM
3 1 (0.55%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.30%) Siemens
3 2 (1.10%) Dell
3 2 (1.10%) Google
3 2 (1.10%) Lotus
3 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.10%) Sophos
4 1 (0.55%) Apple
4 1 (0.55%) Cisco
4 1 (0.55%) HP
4 1 (0.55%) Remedy
4 1 (0.55%) Samsung
4 1 (0.55%) VMware
192 IT Technician jobs Nationwide